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Now let's get into one of the most important aspects of doing well on child speaking part two.

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And that involves note taking.

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The note taking process is very, very straightforward in terms of your opening.

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I'm going to talk about this probably in the next slide, but when you're taking notes, do not write

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down your opening statement.

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Do not write down the first two sentences of what you're going to say.

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That is the biggest mistake that I see so many students do.

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Don't do that.

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You need to focus on getting the information that you're going to talk about in your discussion points,

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because if you have good notes when you're speaking, you can focus on how you're going to say something

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and not have to think about first, what you're going to say, then how you're going to say it.

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So for point number one.

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For point number one, you're going to let's go back for a second.

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Sorry.

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4.1, you're going to write down two or three discussion points.

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Okay.

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And then for point number two, you're going to have two or three discussion points.

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For point number three, you have two or three discussion points and you have a conclusion.

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Right now if you have four discussion points.

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If you have four discussion points, then that's fine.

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You'll have 0.1.2.3.4 and you'll have a conclusion.

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Like I say, it's sometimes you can have three discussion points or you can have four discussion points.

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All right.

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So it looks like my computer has been trying to jump to this screen.

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I guess maybe it knows that this is something really important that I want to point.

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I want to say to you, which is don't don't make this big mistake in your note taking don't write out

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your opening.

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Right.

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So, for example, some students, when they take notes, they'll write out their opening statement.

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Right?

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Although I've had many phones over the years, I'll always remember the first cellular phone I ever

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Today I'm going to talk about my Nokia 550, the first phone I owned.

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Right.

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Some students spend their one minute of note taking time and they'll write out their opening statement.

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That is the biggest mistake that causes bad scores on part number two.

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Number one, all you're doing is copying the question language.

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You're copying down the question language.

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When you're just here, you can see here it says, describe your first mobile phone you ever owned.

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Right.

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And in this statement over here, you can literally see that the person is copying the question language

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which so which shows zero talent in English.

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This is what most basic level students do on the exam.

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Don't don't do that.

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Also, when you write out an opening statement, it prevents you from taking notes on the discussion

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prompts.

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That's what you need to do.

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You have to be able to take those notes on the three or four discussion points.

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That way you know what you're going to talk about.

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So now we're going to look at some examples of taking notes.

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This first question is a question that's dealing with an object.

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A question is dealing with an object, right?

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So it says, describe your first mobile phone you ever owned.

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Please say, how old were you when you got it?

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When and why did you buy it?

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How did you feel when you first got it?

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So over here we can see that we have the opening statement and I did not write anything.

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We only have one minute to take these notes.

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One minute, that's all.

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So within that, within that time period, I'm going to write down some notes for discussion point number

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one.

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There are my three things I'm going to talk about.

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I'm going to write down my discussion.

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Point number two, here are the items I'm going to I'm going to talk about in terms of when and why

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did I buy it?

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And they're here.

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Here are my points or my ideas for discussion.

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Point number three how that I feel excited jumping around.

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I ran around and showed everybody over here you can see that.

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I'm saying for point number one, you need to take 20 seconds to write down what you're going to talk

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about.

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20 seconds for point number three, 20 seconds for point number four.

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Now, of course, if there are four points or four discussion points, that's going to be 15 seconds

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for each discussion point.

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Now on the exam.

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On the exam itself, this is what your notes would look like, because you're going to be given paper

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to take notes on.

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So you would write down what you're going to talk about for discussion point one, what you're going

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to write down for discussion point two.

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And what would you write down what you're going to talk about for a discussion point three, if you

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have this information in front of you, if you have this information in front of you, it makes it very,

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very easy to be able to speak because you can you know, what's coming next.

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All right.

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Let's get into another example of organizing and taking notes.

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Taking notes really is the most helpful skill that I can try to explain to you.

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For part number two.

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Most of my school, most of my students that score really, really well.

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And I'm talking about the ones that are getting eights and nines.

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They take notes.

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A lot of times when I find out students are getting fives and sixes in their speaking, they don't take

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notes.

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They're trying to speak off the top of their head.

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Here we're talking about an activity.

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Describe a paid work you or your friend had done, you should say when you did that.

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Where and how long you did?

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Why that work is important to you.

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Now, here we actually have four discussion points because the first thing we have to do is describe

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Then we have to say when we did it, where and how and why that work is important.

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So in terms of the opening, I'm not going to I'm not going to write down the opening statement, but

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I do have to describe it.

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So I'm going to describe lawn work mowing the grass, cutting trees.

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When you did that summer, 2014 June, it was hot.

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Point number two, when, where and how long did you do it?

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In my local neighborhood.

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Ten block radius.

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And did it for two months.

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Why was it important?

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Earn money.

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Worked hard, save for school.

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I mean, I'm able to and you're able to take those notes and get this information within one minute.

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What I really want you to be able to do is get that information really in about 45 seconds, because

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if you can do it in 45 seconds, that's going to then give you 15 seconds to really just get your thoughts

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together so you're ready to start.

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Sometimes if you're taking notes right up to the one minute mark, that's that that can be harmful because

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when it's time to start, you're fumbling around and you're not ready.

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So really, let's try to finish up our note taking in 45 to 50 seconds.

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Give yourself 15 or 10 seconds to be able to prepare and gather your thoughts and start out great.

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Here is another example of a question.

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In this one, we're talking about a car breaking down.

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So we're talking about an incident, a situation or an incident.

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Describe an instance when your car broke down.

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Please say when and where.

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What did you do and how did you feel?

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So in terms of the opening, I'm just going to write I will write down the ideas or that are the car

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that I'm going to talk about.

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I'm talking about a Ford Pinto from 1973 is an old car in terms of the first point when and where.

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Summer, 1983, July, Interstate 75, Florida side of the road.

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What did you do?

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Panic.

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Ask for help.

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Got the equipment.

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And number three, how did you feel?

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Dejected, elated and eventually satisfied.

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I have my notes.

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I finished up my notes in 45 to 50 seconds.

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I take 10 to 15 seconds, gather my thoughts.

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When that examiner says, Start, boom, I'm ready to go.

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Describe your favorite TV program you watch regularly.

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So this will be a question about describing your favorite.

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We have to describe it.

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We have to say when and where and why.

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So in my opening, I'm not going to write the opening.

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I'm just going to put the name of the TV show Star Trek.

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Then in terms of describing it, I describe I'm going to describe the TV show happens 500 years in the

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future.

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It involves space travel, first contact discussion point to when and where.

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When does it come on and where do I watch it?

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And discussion point number three, why do I like it?

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It triggers my imagination.

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It makes me feel hopeful.

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I get to see future inventions.

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I have my information in front of me.

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I can see what I'm going to talk about.

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Now, I know some of you are going to say, well, would you give me some examples?

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Would you would you speak it and and let me see what it sounds like I'm going to do that.

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That's going to be in another video.

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Now, this is what it looks like when you're talking about a place that you would like to go and read.

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So in terms of opening statement, we're not we would not write out an opening statement.

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They're going to ask you about where do you go?

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And so that's point number one.

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Where do you go?

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The beach, Granbury B, which is in Cote d'Ivoire, which is in the western part of the Ivory Coast.

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Point number two, how often do you go once a week in the fall or spring?

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Twice a week in the summer.

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When I don't work, I go two or three times.

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Point number three, why do you go there?

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Provides clarity, no distractions and allows escape into a story.

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Those would be the items that I would talk about, and that's the information that I would get in 45

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to 50 seconds.

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Next.

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Describe an event where you invited family and or friends.

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So now this is a question where we're talking about an event.

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Again, in the opening, I'm not going to write out an opening statement when and where.

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May 2000, Philip's Restaurant, Maryland.

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How was the food?

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Salad bar.

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Appetizers?

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Seafood buffet.

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Did you enjoy it?

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I'm going to talk about what the conversations, the stories from friends and having everyone together

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when it's time to talk.

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I'm just going to really walk through that information and create sentences.

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That's where you're able to show your talent in part.

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Number two, are you able to take these ideas and create sentences in a coherent manner?

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That's going through a storytelling process.

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And in this one, we're talking about a person.

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We're talking about a person, right?

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Name a person, you know, who speaks a few languages.

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Who is his person?

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What language is how how does she use this ability?

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No.

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Opening statement.

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Who is the person?

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Mia friend from work from Morocco.

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Point number two.

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What languages?

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Languages do they speak as their the region?

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French, classical, Arabic and English.

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And point number three document translation in terms of how does she use the ability to document translation

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also as a a bridge between communities and creating subtitles for movies?

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So that's a language question.

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So thank you for joining us and this explanation or overview of speaking part number two.

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Now I'm going to get into giving you some more specific examples of what an answer would sound like.

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So have a good day and I'll talk to you soon.